South Africa's sports minister denied Thursday that bribes were paid to win the right to host the 2010 World Cup, as FIFA seeks to claw back money from officials facing graft charges in the United States.

Once considered to be one of the deadliest strikers in the World, Higuain’s star has faded remarkably over the past few years. Whether it is injuries or form or a combination of both, Higuain’s promising career for Club and Country has most definitely taken a turn for the worse. In this article, we analyze the fall from grace of the man who promised much but delivered little.

It's been a wonderful world cup in terms of the number of goals scored – 145 in total - some through collective team work, while the others courtesy individual brilliance. THT's Debapriya Deb compiles the list of Top-10 goals scored in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

While the world looked back at the reasons for Spain's World Cup success, it was easy to forget that they were beaten in the very first game of the tournament. TheHardTackle's Akarsh Sharma tells you how it turned out to be a blessing in disguise for the World champions.

Every world cup gives football fans the world over a lot of memorable moments and incidents. TheHardTackle's Somnath Sengupta performs the unenviable job of picking ten of the best moments from South Africa 2010.

With the conclusion of the main event, it's now time for post-mortem. Here's our first post World Cup contribution in which Debapriya Deb picks out the best eleven players from this campaign. Here goes THT's pick for Team of The World Cup 2010...